Youth Shotgun/ Girls gun ?
05-26-2013, 05:52 PM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Hamilton, OH
Posts: 456
I had the Rossi 3-barrel combo with the 20 Gauge single-shot shotgun and it kicked like a Mule and that was for me just sighting it in I'd hate to see a Young Youth Hunter try to handle one!
Buy a Nice Remington,Browning or Mossberg 20 Gauge and learn Your Girl to shoot and handle it!Some shorter Guns will cause more recoil for a Younger Hunter,some times a heavier longer Gun is better and simply let them hunt in a Blind or keep a good pad or rest handy for them to use!
Buy a Nice Remington,Browning or Mossberg 20 Gauge and learn Your Girl to shoot and handle it!Some shorter Guns will cause more recoil for a Younger Hunter,some times a heavier longer Gun is better and simply let them hunt in a Blind or keep a good pad or rest handy for them to use!
05-26-2013, 05:53 PM
#12
I had the Rossi 3-barrel combo with the 20 Gauge single-shot shotgun and it kicked like a Mule and that was for me just sighting it in I'd hate to see a Young Youth Hunter try to handle one!
Buy a Nice Remington,Browning or Mossberg 20 Gauge and learn Your Girl to shoot and handle it!Some shorter Guns will cause more recoil for a Younger Hunter,some times a heavier longer Gun is better and simply let them hunt in a Blind or keep a good pad or rest handy for them to use!
Buy a Nice Remington,Browning or Mossberg 20 Gauge and learn Your Girl to shoot and handle it!Some shorter Guns will cause more recoil for a Younger Hunter,some times a heavier longer Gun is better and simply let them hunt in a Blind or keep a good pad or rest handy for them to use!
05-27-2013, 05:54 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 2,186
Fit of the length of pull will play a big role is shooting comfort, as will be the weight. A relatively light weight single shot shotgun will absorb less of the recoil energy than a heavier gun ... but the heavier would likely be more difficult for your daughter to manage. A single shot will definitely be the least cost entry level hunting set-up suitable for deer sized game. Be sure to go for a rifled barrel.That will allow you to use sabot type sougs, which will be lethal at much longer a distance than a smooth bore/rifled slug combo.
If there is a question as to whether or not she will take to hunting, I'd recommend an inexpensive 20 ga. single shot for now. You can cut the stock and add a good recoil pad to fit your daughter's length of pull. Keep the "spacer" and replace it as she grows.
If she really gets into hunting, or you are sure now that she will ... and if shotguning is the only option up that way, then you could buy her now or move up later to a good quality pump.
If there is a question as to whether or not she will take to hunting, I'd recommend an inexpensive 20 ga. single shot for now. You can cut the stock and add a good recoil pad to fit your daughter's length of pull. Keep the "spacer" and replace it as she grows.
If she really gets into hunting, or you are sure now that she will ... and if shotguning is the only option up that way, then you could buy her now or move up later to a good quality pump.
Last edited by Mojotex; 08-20-2013 at 05:06 PM.
06-12-2013, 06:07 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
A .410 Shotgun isn't going to be too bad....I was shooting 3" Turkey loads in my Daughters .20 Gauge Rossi and I had a black and blue shoulder after 3 rounds!!!! Yikes
Guess I'm a Light Weight....?We ended up using my old Mossberg 20 Gauge bolt-action instead.
Guess I'm a Light Weight....?We ended up using my old Mossberg 20 Gauge bolt-action instead.
06-14-2013, 08:57 AM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
IMHO a .410 is the worst gun there is to start a newbie kid or lady with! The pattern is more for someone with lots of experience and it is definitely not a gun I'd be putting slugs in for a newbie to wound a deer with.
07-29-2013, 06:41 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 201
Remington is listing an 870 combo with adjustable length stock--shims-- in 20 gauge...it comes with a cantilevered rifled barrel (for sabot slugs...try the Hornady SSTs) and a Rem-choked vent-rib barrel with a modified tube...it has a 3" chamber so it is capable of being used for a long time...
My son has a Rossi "pair" in .22 LR and .410 shotgun...I love that little gun...but after firing a 3" Remington #6 shot through the modified shotgun barrel, my son told me he preferred either my Remington 870 LW Magnum 20-gauge or my Remington 1100 12-gauge to the very light .410...to him that .410s recoil was more significant than even the autoloading 12...
The post also mentioned deer hunting...if that is the most important consideration, you should not go with anything smaller than a 20 gauge.
My son has a Rossi "pair" in .22 LR and .410 shotgun...I love that little gun...but after firing a 3" Remington #6 shot through the modified shotgun barrel, my son told me he preferred either my Remington 870 LW Magnum 20-gauge or my Remington 1100 12-gauge to the very light .410...to him that .410s recoil was more significant than even the autoloading 12...
The post also mentioned deer hunting...if that is the most important consideration, you should not go with anything smaller than a 20 gauge.
